Demand for digital health services has increased during the pandemic, as patients seek online care. Employers are asking digital health providers to integrate with their insurance service providers, as well as expand the range of services provided. Employers are also pushing for these services to stop charging a monthly subscription for all eligible employees, but instead rely on the employees who use the service, as many of these apps go unused, according to benefit managers.
Competition is intensifying as all kinds of digital health companies are expanding their services and products, mostly in diabetes care. Livongo also began supporting diabetes management, before adding hypertension, mental health and prediabetes to its portfolio of care, which places Omada and Livongo in frequent competition. The need to stand out in a crowded market encourages transactions. There are many big companies that provides healthcare application development services.
The start-up Omada Health launched its activity with a digital service to manage prediabetes, sending patients a scale connected to the Internet and giving them access to health coaches on their smartphones. At the request of clients, it has added services to treat hypertension, diabetes, mental health and also includes physical therapy.
Microsoft is another company that provides healthcare application development services, by its brand called Azure. Azure´s mission is to provide personalized care, empower caregivers and improve operational outcomes. Azure IoT delivers a trusted technology platform to improve patient outcomes, simplify clinical operations, and optimize healthcare product production and supply chain through fluid, intelligent, and highly secure IoT technology.
The company aims to reduce the time-to-market of IoT healthcare solutions. They achieve this by following healthcare-specific application models, using the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio for IoT services, as well as a growing selection of certified devices. They work hard to quickly connect existing data sources, medical record systems and research databases, and exchange data in the standard HL7 FHIR data format.
With its integrated intelligence, you can easily bring together smart edge and smart cloud with Azure IoT to deliver health data in an interoperable format, enabling insights backed by advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and new models of interactivity with reality mixed.
With Azure, you can easily manage and monitor the end-to-end security of your IT solution. For that, Azure Security Center for IoT and Azure Sphere are used. Following the HITRUST certifications and HIPAA compliance, Azure IoT for healthcare is extremely helpful for patients’ data to be secure, with their privacy being protected.
It is worth noting that Microsoft has committed to investing USD 5 billion in IoT research. This will allow them to add new features and services to Azure IoT for industries like healthcare. Also, this will allow them to better define success in the age of intelligence. IoT is being extremely helpful for healthcare services providers, as they allow them to interact with patients in several new ways, while introducing new efficiencies along their supply chain and delivering more consistent high quality care. Some examples are remote patient care, optimized security supply chains and staff, patient and inventory optimization.
With Azure, you can start building apps powered by IoT. Azure IoT Central is a managed app platform that lets you build apps quickly by reducing the number of decisions you need to make to get results. Most of the elements of your solution are already coded and managed, so you can focus on adding industry knowledge and quickly scaling and connecting devices.
Last but not least, December Labs is a dynamic and professional IT company that provides services for businesses and individuals, helping them meet the challenges of the global economy. It experienced project managers apply a mature development methodology, continually exceeding its clients’ business expectations and ensuring the success of offshore projects. It has expertise ranging from business and technology consulting to the creation of innovative technological solutions, such as applications in the healthcare industry. Its vision places a strong emphasis on innovation.
The company brings value to its customers by using its technology and knowledge. At the company, they believe that IT should be a high added value asset for companies that rely on technology to get a competitive advantage in their industry. To do this, IT must be treated as an integral part of the business. To be successful as a business, IT needs to have a clear vision and a realistic plan aligned with business goals. It also needs to have an IT organization that can leverage the infrastructure to execute and manage these plans effectively.
